Sorry for shamelessly bragging, but I just got an email informing me that a 3 CD set I engineered, mixed & mastered is one of the nominees for the Best Classical Compendium Grammy this year. Woohoo!

Outstanding amigo, and I hope you win it and get big contracts in the movie scoring biz......... Once you are rich and famous, stop by once in a while, and kvetch with your old friends who liked you before you made it big ;~)

Much gratitude, my friends, for all the good wishes. Out here on the margins of niche, non-pop, non-trendy music, the recognition & affirmation connoted by the Grammies is a kind of big deal. A win would give the statue to the producer, John Schneider, (who is an amazing guitarist BTW,) but the nomination does provide a certificate, which will go on the wall in my studio, next to the one for my Kronos CD production from 2005. Fingers crossed.Cheers,

Well, you knew me when I got my first nomination, 2006, & I still sorta talk to you guys, if you're nice to me.

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And what is the title of the CD set?

"Bitter Music", Music of Harry Partch, Vol. 1. On the Bridge Records label.

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Whitefang (PS: We're waiting for our FREE copies!)

Things are kind of humble at this end of the spectrum, the weird music department. I received exactly one comp copy of the finished product. There's not a big budget infrastructure in place for the experimental music world.

Congrats!I remember reading about Harry Partch, and all the strange instruments he invented. I may pick up the CD, just for the halibut. Or at least check out if there's anything on You Tube.

Be forewarned that it's largely spoken word. It's a reading of Partch's book "Bitter Music" which has copious musical examples included, but it's mainly a reading of his journals of his hobo travels during the depression.